The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 487 pages of information about The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge.

The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 487 pages of information about The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge.

Meide ind Eoin, and Meide in Togmail:  places in or near the Boyne, in the
County Louth

Midluachair:  Slige Midluachra, the name of the highroad east of Armagh, leading north from Tara to Emain and into the north of Ireland

Mil:  the legendary progenitor of the Milesians (See Maic Miled)

Miliuc:  a river in Conalle Murthemni

Moduirn:  see Sliab Moduirn

Moin Coltna:  a bog between Slieve Bawne and the Shannon

Moraltach:  great grandfather of Cuchulain

Morann:  a famous judge

Morrigan:  the war-goddess of the ancient Irish, “monstrum in feminae figura” (pronounced More-reegan)

Mossa:  a territory, the southern part of which must have been in the barony of Eliogarty, not far from Cashel, in the County Tipperary

Muach:  a river in Conalle Murthemni

Muresc:  the land of Ailill’s mother; Murresk Hamlet, between Clew Bay and
Croagh Patrick, in the County Mayo

Murthemne:  a great plain along the northern coast of the County Louth between the river Boyne and the Cooley Mountains; now belonging to Leinster, but, at the time of the Tain, to Ulster (pronounced Muhr-hev-ny)

Nemain:  the Badb

Ness:  mother of King Conchobar by Cathba; she afterwards married Fachtna
Fathach and subsequently Fergus macRoig

Nith:  the river Dee which flows by Ardee, in the County Louth

Ochain:  the name of Conchan bar’s shield

Ochonn Midi:  a place near the Blackwater at Navan

Ochtrach:  near Finnglassa Asail, in Meath

Oenfer Aife:  another name for Conlaech

Oengus Turbech:  according to the Annals of Ireland, he reigned as High King from 384 to 326 B.C.

Ord:  south-east of Cruachan and north of Tiarthechta

Partraige beca:  Partry in Slechta south-west of Kells, in Meath

Port Large:  Waterford

Rath Airthir:  a place in Connacht

Rath Cruachan:  Rathcroghan, between Belanagare and Elphin, in the County
Roscommon

Rede Loche:  a place in Cualnge

Renna:  the mouth of the Boyne

Riangabair:  father of the charioteers, Laeg and Id

Rigdonn:  a place in the north

Rinn:  a river in Conalle Murthemni

Rogne:  a territory between the rivers Suir and Barrow, in the barony of
Kells, the County Kildare or Kilkenny

Ross:  a district in the south of the County Monaghan

Ross Mor:  probably Ross na Rig, near Ball Scena

Sas:  a river in Conalle Murthemni

Scathach:  the Amazon dwelling in Alba who taught Cuchulain and Ferdiad their warlike feats (pronounced Scaw-ha)

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